VERSION 1.0 CLASS
BEGIN
  MultiUse = -1  'True
  Persistable = 0  'NotPersistable
  DataBindingBehavior = 0  'vbNone
  DataSourceBehavior  = 0  'vbNone
  MTSTransactionMode  = 0  'NotAnMTSObject
END
Attribute VB_Name = "StringMessage"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = True
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = True

'
'Copyright (c) 2010 Andrew Wall
'
' http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
'
'Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
'of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
'in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
'to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
'copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
'furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
'
'The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
'all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
'
'THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
'IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
'FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
'AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
'LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
'OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
'THE SOFTWARE.
'

Option Explicit

Public Function message(result As Boolean, LHS As String, RHS As String) As String
If result Then
    message = LHS + " is the same as " + RHS
Else
    message = LHS + " is not the same as " + RHS
End If
End Function

Public Function firstDifferenceIndex(LHS As String, RHS As String) As Integer
Dim index As Integer
Dim shortest As Integer
Dim other As Integer
shortest = Len(LHS)
other = Len(RHS)
If shortest > other Then
    shortest = other
End If
For index = 1 To shortest
    If Mid(LHS, index, 1) <> Mid(RHS, index, 1) Then
        firstDifferenceIndex = index
        Exit Function
    End If
Next
firstDifferenceIndex = index
End Function

